The fourth quarter of 2011 was a bit kinder to my imaginary portfolio of stocks with Wichita-area connections.

Overall, between the first day of trading for the fourth quarter, Oct. 3, and the close of trading Dec. 30, the value of my portfolio increased by 10.58 percent.

The portfolio includes 41 publicly traded firms. One company, Spirit AeroSystems Inc., is based in Wichita, but most of the rest are based elsewhere and simply have a local presence, such as a store or manufacturing facility.

You can see how all the stocks performed in the database below.

The McClatchy Co., owner of newspapers including the Wichita Eagle, and Spirit AeroSystems were among the quarter’s biggest gainers.

It should be said, however, that using the start of the fourth quarter as a comparison point doesn’t necessarily give the best picture of the stocks’ longer-term performance.

Oct. 3 was the low point of the year for many stocks on U.S. markets. A Market Watch article attributed the tumble that day partly to worries over Greek debt.